The “Big Game” is coming! With NJ/NY set to host the game this year, it will be the first open-air stadium in a cold-weather region to host, beating out bids from South Florida and Tampa. This one-time exemption to the league’s cold-weather rule will have fans and players alike ready for some potentially freezing temperatures, and maybe even snow!
Whether you’re actually heading out to the game or watching from the comfort of your own home, you still have time to gear up in your favorite sports garb. And, no matter who you’re watching the game with, you can show off your knowledge of random facts about New York and New Jersey. You’re welcome.
New Jersey:
- New Jersey is home to both of “New York’s” pro football teams.
- There are more Cubans in Union City than in Havana.
- NJ is the only state where all of its counties are metropolitan areas.
- The state has the most diners in the world.
- It also has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.
- Hoboken, NJ is home to the United States’ first brewery which was opened in 1642.
- Elizabeth, NJ, is the largest seaport in the US. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.
- NJ hosted the first intercollegiate football game, New Brunswick (Rutgers vs Princeton).
New York:
- New York City has 722 miles of subway track.
- The first international sports hero, boxer Bill Richmond, was born in Staten Island.
- Gennaro Lombardi opened the first United States pizzeria in 1895 in New York City.
- Joseph C. Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857.
- New York has over 70,000 miles of rivers and streams.
- Horseheads, NY, is the first and only village in the United States dedicated to the service of the American military horse.
- The Erie Canal, built across New York State in the 1820s, opened the Midwest to development and helped New York City become a worldwide trading center.
- via:http://blog.couponcactus.com/sporting-goods/get-out-your-winter-gear-the-big-game-is-coming/
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